Art therapy with children before entering elementary school

This thesis is focused on Art Therapy with children before entering elementary school. These children had been granted deferred schooling and at the time of this study attended a preparatory year of elementary school. The theoretical part is dealing with a child on the edge of preschool and school age. In the first chapter there are described the concepts of school readiness and maturity, postponement of school attendance and its solution in the form of a preparatory year of primary school. It is also mentioned, what should be the care of children with postponed school, how it looks and develops creative expression of preschool children and children in younger school age. The work is devoted to Art Therapy with children. At the beginning of the practical part there are defined several goals. Further description is mentioned art therapy work with children in pre-school age. Then they described the methods and forms of work, the following summary of specific knowledge of art therapy activities with children before entering elementary school. An important part of the practical are the cases of two children from preparatory classes and their ongoing obtained artistic production. At the end of each case study is a summary of art therapy work with a particular child - its artistic expression and shift in it, after the case of changes in art production